Recaps

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued cultivating while Zhou Chechen investigated the forces behind them. The chapter ended as Bai Zhenzhen’s Evolutionary Spirit Root transformed into a bluish-green seed and she began sensing its new abilities.

• Zhou Chechen learned that Zhang Yu had taken Le Jingchen’s money and would skip the remaining first-year Dao Heart Competitions, then discovered his bank account had been frozen for a tax audit.
• Zhang Yu thanked Zhang Pianpian’s contact for sending a talisman and freezing Zhou Chechen’s account, while Zhou Chechen ordered Lan Ling to stay calm and investigate Zhang Yu’s backers.
• Zhang Yu broke through to seventy units of magical power at the Protected Area, where Xiong Wenwu told him An An had to lead the staff in accepting pay cuts.
• Bai Zhenzhen and Song Hailong trained at White Dragon High School, and Zhang Yu and Yu Xinghan charged spectators admission to watch.
• By late July, Zhang Yu had reached 81.5 magical power and 7.52 Physical Strength, while his bank balance fell to just over two hundred thousand.
• Bai Zhenzhen noticed her belly protruding and her True Spirit Root shrinking into a bluish-green seed, and Fu Ji explained that it had evolved before she began sensing its new abilities.

Bai Zhenzhen’s True Spirit Root evolved, allowing her to derive improvements to Martial Arts she had mastered at Level 10. As she and Zhang Yu headed to tutoring, he began deriving the Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm.

• Bai Zhenzhen discovered that her evolved True Spirit Root deepened her connection to her body and mind, enhancing her Martial Dao comprehension and letting her identify flaws in cultivation methods.
• Bai Zhenzhen derived a new Level 10 effect for High School Basic Swordsmanship that infused weapons with Sword Qi and accelerated their movement, then explained that the True Spirit Root grew by absorbing Zhang Yu’s mastered Martial Arts.
• Fu Ji confirmed that the True Spirit Root was evolving toward Martial Dao and could continue growing by absorbing more Martial Arts.
• Bai Zhenzhen urged Zhang Yu to try deriving Martial Arts as she carried him toward tutoring in their disguised identities, Ma Yunteng and Le Mulan.
• Zhang Yu found that deriving an Expert-level method would take months and chose the Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm for his first derivation.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen entered the Spirit Realm with Yu Xinghan for Dao Heart tutoring at Xianyun Corporation’s Asking Dao Hall. As they began a shared training session, an unseen observer monitored them and saw Yu Xinghan fighting striking workers in a simulated factory dispute.

• Bai Zhenzhen ran with Zhang Yu using the Electro-optic Step, and Fu Ji considered their mutual growth and her investment in them a stroke of luck.
• After school, Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, Qian Shen, and Zhao Tianxing ate together while students discussed Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s exam results and their treatment of Student Union members.
• He Dayou sent Demon Beast Meat to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s table, then worried whether his class could still secure a top-ten spot.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen entered the Spirit Realm with borrowed masks and followed Yu Xinghan to Xianyun Corporation’s Asking Dao Hall for Dao Heart tutoring.
• Yu Xinghan explained the tutoring methods and prepared a shared Dao Heart tempering classroom for their cultivation arts.
• An observer used Mo Tianyi’s access to watch the classroom and saw Yu Xinghan, training the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art, fight striking workers as a company security guard in a simulated factory dispute.

Song Xu investigated Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen in an illusion, hoping to discover why they had grown so quickly and improve his own chances of ranking in the top ten. The illusion showed their cultivation arts taking shape in the factory, where Zhang Yu’s hope faded as Bai Zhenzhen imposed harsher conditions.

• Song Xu explained to Mo Tianyi that he was investigating Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to learn the reason for their rapid growth.
• Yu Xinghan fought workers in the illusion, and the battle helped him cultivate the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Art.
• Bai Zhenzhen, acting as factory boss, led Yu Xinghan around the factory and ordered him to discipline workers who resisted.
• Song Xu learned that Bai Zhenzhen practiced the Frost Soul Ice Heart Art and reasoned that managing the factory’s pressures suited its cultivation.
• Zhang Yu struggled through illness on the assembly line, while Bai Zhenzhen cut salaries, denied leave, and borrowed money using employees’ ID cards, causing his hope to fade.

In the Illusion Realm, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen reinterpreted their heart methods, leading Zhang Yu to resist exploitation and Bai Zhenzhen to improve workers’ conditions, though the factory ultimately went bankrupt. As they prepared to leave the Illusion Realm, Song Xu secretly readied a ritual to find Zhang Yu’s Evil God.

• Bai Zhenzhen fired the workers who refused overtime and planned to deny them compensation, leaving Zhang Yu without hope.
• Zhang Yu realized the Remnant Ox Self-Sacrifice Heart Art meant fighting for hope, then attacked Bai Zhenzhen and battled Yu Xinghan and the Security Guards.
• The workers joined Zhang Yu’s resistance, and Bai Zhenzhen stopped the fighting, improved their benefits, and raised their wages.
• Bai Zhenzhen gained a deeper understanding of the Frost Soul Ice Heart Art, but the factory went bankrupt under its increased costs.
• Song Xu rejected Mo Tianyi’s hope of trusting Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, then prepared a ritual to find Zhang Yu’s Evil God as the group neared the end of the Illusion Realm.

After discovering that an Evil God follower had planted a Shadow Gu on him through the Spirit Realm, Zhang Yu teamed up with Fu Ji to trace the attacker. He returned to the Unfinished Building and began arranging a Ritual to take control of the Shadow Gu.

• Song Xu spotted Zhang Yu in the Spirit Realm and activated a Curse Shadow Ritual to plant a Shadow Gu on him.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen left Asking Dao Hall after gaining new insights into their cultivation arts, while Yu Xinghan invited them to return for another costly visit.
• Fu Ji revealed that a Shadow Gu was spying on Zhang Yu and offered to help control it and identify its master.
• Zhang Yu suspected an Evil God follower connected to Songyang High School or White Dragon High School was investigating him, then informed Bai Zhenzhen and left alone.
• Zhang Yu returned to the Unfinished Building and, following Fu Ji's instructions, began setting up a Ritual with a candle, phone, flashlights, teddy bear, and electrical wire.

Zhang Yu and Fu Ji uncovered and destroyed a Shadow Gu planted to spy on them, while Song Xu waited for it to reveal their secrets. As Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen arrived in Immortal Capital for the First Round Foundation Establishment Exam, they entered the Spirit Realm determined to pass despite mounting debts and medicine side effects.

• Under Fu Ji's guidance, Zhang Yu performed a Ritual that drew a Shadow Gu from his shadow, and Fu Ji absorbed its power and learned how its owner transmitted intelligence.
• Fu Ji planned to impersonate the Shadow Gu in the Spirit Realm, feed its owner false information, and investigate the Evil God behind it; Song Xu separately waited for Zhang Yu to log in so he could learn his secrets.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen promoted Xianyun Corporation's cheaper Imitation Demon Muscle modifications, and Yu Xinghan explained that the product was an inferior version of the original.
• Le Mulan questioned Zhang Yu's heavy training and medicine use after he suffered chest pain, while Zhang Yu continued toward his goal of reaching the exam.
• On the train to Immortal Capital, Zhang Yu had 87.75 Magical Power and 8.06 Physical Strength, while he and Bai Zhenzhen faced dwindling savings, loan payments, and medicine side effects.
• After declaring that their potential had been fully stimulated and they would pass the exam, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen entered the Spirit Realm.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen joined the other examinees in an underground hall, where Immortal Capital students demanded the previous test rankings. The Dao Heart Test results revealed an unknown No. 55 in first place, leaving Dai Xingzhi wondering who could outrank Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao.

• Zhang Yu arrived in an underground passage, met Dai Xingzhi, and caught up with Ye Lingxiao, who was practicing Red Envelope Talismans.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen criticized the students demanding rankings, while Dai Xingzhi defended scores and rankings as measures of qualification for the Immortal Dao.
• Deng Bingding agreed to reveal the previous test rankings after students pressed the examiners.
• The examinees focused on the Dao Heart Test results, which showed No. 55 in first place with an unknown appraisal, Ye Lingxiao in second with 5.5 billion, and Yun Jing in third with 5 billion.
• Dai Xingzhi recognized Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao among the top three but could not identify No. 55.

After Zhang Yu’s unknown Dao Heart Test valuation made the other contestants mistake him for a fabulously wealthy rival, the Foundation Establishment Exam began its Magical Power round. As the candidates competed with standardized External Spirit Roots, Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao surged into the lead while Zhang Yu’s score remained far behind.

• Ye Lingxiao and Dai Xingzhi learned that Zhang Yu had received an unknown valuation in the Dao Heart Test, and the contestants began treating him as a wealthy contender.
• Bai Zhenzhen worried that Zhang Yu’s inflated reputation would make his later performance embarrassing, while Zhang Yu resigned himself to keeping up the act.
• Chief examiner Deng Bingding announced that the exam would test Magical Power, physical education, and Martial Arts, and that only the top twenty would advance and receive an Expert-level Cultivation Method.
• The contestants received standardized External Spirit Roots and testing equipment, and Zhang Yu asked how to use the ring, prompting others to speculate about his wealth.
• The Magical Power test began, and Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao raced for first place as Dai Xingzhi noticed Zhang Yu’s score was far behind.

Yun Jing, Ye Lingxiao, and the Songyang students competed in the Foundation Establishment Exam’s magical power test. Zhang Yu realized his control had fallen behind and resolved to push harder as the exam intensified.

• Deng Bingding and the other gods monitored the exam while discussing the contestants and exchanging messages over their network.
• Yun Jing activated his second dantian and seized first place, but Ye Lingxiao unleashed Thunderbolt Heavenly Gang Qi and began closing the gap.
• Yu Xinghan’s full effort only brought him to seventeenth place, while Bai Zhenzhen used Surging Waves Nine Revolutions to reach nineteenth place at the risk of losing control.
• Deng Bingding saw that Zhang Yu had placed twenty-first, and Zhang Yu recognized that his magical power control had stagnated while he focused on Body Tempering.
• Zhang Yu faced the pressure with renewed fighting spirit and decided that the danger was still not enough to stop him.

Zhang Yu used the pressure of falling in the rankings to unleash his magical power through the Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm and secured 20th place, while Li Tongyun desperately tried to hold onto her position. After the magical power exam ended, the students learned their next test would be a Gluttony Contest.

• Zhang Yu stopped circulating magical power, then used Formless Cloud Gang to shield his meridians and drive the Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm, surging back up the rankings.
• Li Tongyun pushed herself past her limits as Zhang Yu overtook her, fearing that losing the exam would make her company property under a Betting Contract.
• Zhang Yu held 20th place while repeatedly accelerating to stay ahead of Li Tongyun, and Dai Xingzhi concluded that he was deliberately controlling his ranking.
• Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao interpreted Zhang Yu’s performance as concealed strength, while Zhang Yu mistook Ye Lingxiao’s praise for mockery.
• Deng Bingding announced that the next physical exam would be a Gluttony Contest.

The Foundation Establishment Exam’s next round tested contestants’ physical strength and bodily control by having them eat unlimited Synthetic Food. As contestants filled the rankings, the chief examiner’s explanation and Huang Zichou’s commentary revealed that the contest’s second stage had begun.

• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen hoped the eating contest would provide a feast, but the examiners supplied only unlimited Synthetic Food.
• Deng Bingding explained that contestants could not use Spirit Roots or Magical Power and would be judged on how much they ate, while cheating would forfeit their Foundation Establishment Certificates.
• Meng Tao rapidly ate a barrel of Synthetic Food and reached third place, but Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao widened their lead using their unusual bodies.
• Zhang Yu complained about the food’s taste, while Dai Xingzhi judged him as spoiled and lacking perseverance.
• Huang Zichou said the contest tested digestion and bodily control, and several contestants, including Meng Tao, began slowing as the second stage started.

During the eating round, Zhang Yu fell behind as other contestants used their unusual physiques and techniques to digest food and make room for more. After studying them, he used his bodily control and Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm to pulverize and compress food in his stomach, greatly increasing his digestive ability.

• Dai Xingzhi rushed to a restroom, returned in seconds, and resumed eating, while Meng Tao realized his Gluttony Spirit Root had left his digestive system poorly trained.
• Li Tongyun used a digestive tract Transformation Surgery to expel waste through her sweat glands, and the chief examiner ruled that her approach counted as bodily control.
• Zhang Yu watched Bai Zhenzhen, Yu Xinghan, Yun Jing, and Ye Lingxiao use their distinctive bodies and techniques to handle the eating challenge.
• Inspired by Ye Lingxiao, Zhang Yu compressed food inside his stomach, then used Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm to pulverize it and speed digestion.
• Meng Tao tried copying Zhang Yu but could not endure the strain, while Zhang Yu used precise bodily control to direct most of his palm force into the food he had swallowed.

Zhang Yu and Yu Xinghan fought to out-eat each other in the physical body exam, while Bai Zhenzhen devised her own way to speed up digestion. Li Tongyun reached her limit and began losing rank, leaving her at risk of losing the Foundation Establishment Exam round.

• Zhang Yu used controlled palm strikes to help digest Synthetic Food, drawing attention from the other students and Orthodox Gods.
• Yu Xinghan stopped eating to challenge Zhang Yu, and the two began a fierce contest as Zhang Yu steadily closed the gap.
• Bai Zhenzhen used the Frost Soul Ice Heart Art to stay calm, then vibrated her body to pulverize food and climb from twenty-first place.
• Li Tongyun vomited after reaching her limit, then tried to force the food back down as her ranking fell outside the top twenty.

Yu Xinghan stopped pushing his body after realizing Zhang Yu had surpassed him in the Gluttony Contest, while Yun Jing finished first and Ye Lingxiao vowed to win the next round. The final round began with students choosing a cultivation art to master within two hours, with failure bringing zero points and eliminated examinees having to pay for their chosen art.

• Yu Xinghan recalled Spark True Person's advice, accepted that Zhang Yu had surpassed him, and stopped overloading his digestive system as Zhang Yu climbed to fifteenth place.
• The Gluttony Contest ended with Yun Jing in first place and Ye Lingxiao in second, and Ye Lingxiao resolved to defeat Yun Jing in the final round.
• Dai Xingzhi wondered whether Zhang Yu's modest fourteenth-place finish meant his strength was less than expected, while Huang Zichou predicted the Foundation Establishment Certificates would again go to Immortal Capital students.
• Deng Bingding announced the Martial Dao Exam, in which students would choose and cultivate an art for two hours, earning more points for mastering harder arts and zero for failing.

Zhang Yu and the other students chose cultivation methods for the Martial Dao round of the Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam. Zhang Yu struggled to choose between three costly Body Tempering methods, while several top students made their selections and the exam was about to begin.

• Deng Bingding explained the difficulty ratings, scoring rules, and ten-minute selection period for the Martial Dao exam.
• Zhang Yu decided to choose a powerful Body Tempering method suited to his needs and narrowed his options to Boundless Spring Autumn Zen, Titanium Body Refinement Essential Skill, and Great Heavenly Dragon Divine Power.
• Ye Lingxiao selected Ten Thousand Swords Without End Art, while Yun Jing chose Myriad Phenomena Palm.
• Yu Xinghan chose the seven-star Heavenly Gang Qi Skill despite its painful effects and risks to his cultivation.
• Dai Xingzhi, Meng Tao, and most of the other students from Immortal Capital High School chose safer five- or six-star methods.

Students chose cultivation methods for the exam and tried to master them within two hours. Zhang Yu completed the Boundless Spring Autumn Zen first, while Bai Zhenzhen and the other candidates continued training.

• Huang Zichou noted that several students had chosen methods rated eight to ten stars, despite the high risk of failure.
• Bai Zhenzhen chose the ten-star Ten Thousand Swords Without End Art, Li Tongyun chose a nine-star method, and Zhang Yu chose the eight-star Boundless Spring Autumn Zen.
• The exam began, and Zhang Yu started cultivating Longevity Magical Power while Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao used their abilities to learn their chosen arts rapidly.
• Bai Zhenzhen stopped practicing individual sword moves and began mentally sparring with Zhang Yu, using the exercise to discover flaws and develop sword intent.
• Yu Xinghan, Yun Jing, Ye Lingxiao, and the other students continued advancing in their methods as the exam went on.
• Zhang Yu raised his hand and told the examiner that he had mastered the Boundless Spring Autumn Zen.

Zhang Yu mastered Boundless Spring Autumn Zen, an eight-star Body Tempering technique, in thirty-two minutes by using his recalled cultivation experience to correct his movements and Magical Power circulation. He passed the exam round and resumed training, while Yun Jing realized the technique’s difficulty and wondered why Zhang Yu had not chosen a harder art to compete for first place.

• Zhang Yu practiced Boundless Spring Autumn Zen repeatedly, improving his physical and Magical Power compatibility while concealing how quickly he learned.
• Huang Zichou and the other gods tracked Zhang Yu’s data and watched his compatibility reach 100% across all forty-nine forms.
• Zhang Yu told the examiners he had mastered the technique, and Huang Zichou confirmed his success and sent him to the lounge.
• The Ritual’s countdown prompted Zhang Yu to leave the lounge after five seconds and resume cultivating.
• Dai Xingzhi and Ye Lingxiao assumed Zhang Yu had chosen an easier technique, while Yun Jing recognized Boundless Spring Autumn Zen as an eight-star art and questioned why Zhang Yu had not pursued first place.

Bai Zhenzhen mastered the Ten Thousand Swords Without End Art, while Yu Xinghan completed the Heavenly Gang Qi Skill despite its distracting side effects. Zhang Yu ranked fourth in the third exam, and he and Bai Zhenzhen advanced to the top twenty as the remaining candidates qualified for the next stage.

• Yu Xinghan struggled to control his agitated Pure Yang Gang Qi while cultivating the Heavenly Gang Qi Skill, and found that thinking of Song Hailong helped him endure.
• Bai Zhenzhen defeated the Zhang Yu in her imagined battle and comprehended the Endless Sword Intent, mastering the Ten Thousand Swords Without End Art.
• Li Tongyun failed to master her technique before time ran out, and Huang Zichou prepared to remove her and the other unsuccessful candidates.
• The third exam rankings placed Ye Lingxiao first, Yun Jing second, Bai Zhenzhen third, and Zhang Yu fourth; Ye Lingxiao realized Zhang Yu had mastered an eight-star technique in thirty-two minutes.
• Yu Xinghan warned Bai Zhenzhen to stay away because the Heavenly Gang Qi Skill had left him unusually susceptible to attraction, while she demanded a five-hundred fee for keeping her distance.
• Deng Bingding announced the day's total rankings and advanced the top twenty candidates, including Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu, while eliminating everyone else.

After the first-round exam, the Orthodox Gods assigned the remaining contestants to second-round tracks, placing Zhang Yu against Ye Lingxiao and Bai Zhenzhen against Yun Jing. Ye Lingxiao expressed his eagerness to compete with Zhang Yu, and as Zhang Yu resumed training on the train, Bai Zhenzhen received a phone call from an unknown woman.

• Deng Bingding announced the second-round exam tracks and had each student register for two options.
• The Orthodox Gods adjusted the groups, assigning Ye Lingxiao to athletics and Yun Jing to Martial Arts; Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen landed in those respective tracks.
• Zhang Yu worried about facing Ye Lingxiao, while Bai Zhenzhen studied Yun Jing's performance and considered how to defeat him.
• Ye Lingxiao told Zhang Yu he looked forward to their contest and said they would meet again at the summit.
• Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen left the Immortal Capital by train, and Zhang Yu began cultivating while Bai Zhenzhen received a call from a woman asking for her by name.

After Bai Zhenzhen worried about money for cultivation, Zhang Yu consulted Fu Ji and agreed to seek more potential by hunting her colleague, but first needed cash for a Spirit Realm login. Fu Ji arranged for Zhang Yu to sell a sample to Red Pagoda Husbandry, and he arrived at Red Pagoda Building for a meeting.

• Bai Zhenzhen proposed joining the Dark Learning Gang or selling the Ten Thousand Swords Without End Art, but Zhang Yu warned that both paths were dangerous.
• Fu Ji advised Zhang Yu to raise his potential before taking on gang conflicts and explained how they could use Yu Xinghan's connection to lure her colleague out.
• When Zhang Yu lacked the money for a Spirit Realm login, Fu Ji suggested selling his essence to Red Pagoda Husbandry based on his apparent potential.
• Zhang Yu contacted Xiong Wenwu, who arranged a meeting with Manager Xiong Haohan at Red Pagoda Building.
• Zhang Yu arrived at the building the next morning and was sent to wait in a small meeting room.

Xiong Haohan arranged tests and a seed-trade negotiation between Zhang Yu and Red Pagoda Husbandry, but Zhang Yu refused to sell reproductive rights. Director Long then summoned Zhang Yu and offered to make him his godson, while explaining how future clan rivalries would make bloodline development increasingly important.

• After reading Xiong Wenwu's recommendation and Zhang Yu's strong records, Xiong Haohan reported Zhang Yu to his superiors, who ordered him to arrange a meeting.
• Xiong Haohan tested Zhang Yu's Magical Power and Physical Strength, then discussed buying his seed and tried to persuade him to sell reproductive rights.
• Fu Ji warned Zhang Yu that descendants could create future complications, and Zhang Yu refused to change his decision to sell only research rights.
• An important person summoned Zhang Yu to the upper floors of Red Pagoda Building, where Director Long offered to make him his godson.
• Director Long described the growing importance of bloodline modification and reproduction as great clans competed for power.

The Dragon Person tried to recruit Zhang Yu into Red Pagoda Husbandry and pressured him to provide reproductive material, but Zhang Yu refused and sold the research rights instead. After earning 150,000, Zhang Yu planned to raise his potential, while Yu Xinghan faced a choice about how to handle the root of calamity disrupting his cultivation.

• The Dragon Person offered Zhang Yu godson status, a Fertility Director position, and payment for donating seed, but Zhang Yu refused because of his contract with Zhang Pianpian.
• The Dragon Person accepted Zhang Yu's offer to sell the research rights and told the research team to study his seed.
• Zhang Yu returned to the apartment and told Bai Zhenzhen he had earned 150,000, then decided to raise his potential and arranged to visit the Spirit Realm's Asking Dao Hall with Yu Xinghan.
• Yu Xinghan struggled to cultivate because thoughts of Li Xuelian distracted him, so he asked Spark True Person for advice through a story about Zhang Yu.
• Spark True Person gave Yu Xinghan two options for dealing with the root of calamity, and Yu Xinghan received Zhang Yu's call as an idea came to him.

Yu Xinghan asked Zhang Yu for a private spar to help him commit to facing a difficult choice, but Zhang Yu defeated him and took his payment. Zhang Yu then introduced Yu Xinghan to the Red Pagoda Group, where Yu Xinghan found a way to earn money while clearing his distracting thoughts and improving his cultivation.

• Yu Xinghan asked Zhang Yu to fight him in private and offered him money to go all out.
• Zhang Yu used his Level 10 Limitless Cloud Hand to absorb and return Yu Xinghan’s attacks, exhausting him and winning the spar.
• Yu Xinghan turned his humiliation into resolve, recorded the first day of overcoming his instincts, and transferred the money to Zhang Yu.
• Fu Ji suggested that Zhang Yu introduce Yu Xinghan to the Red Pagoda Group as a seed provider, and Zhang Yu offered him the opportunity.
• At the Red Pagoda Building, Yu Xinghan chose a puppet modeled on Li Xuelian and discovered that earning money this way relieved his distracting thoughts and helped his cultivation advance.

Zhang Yu told Bai Zhenzhen about the Evil Gods and let her choose whether to undergo a Ritual, while preparing to hunt Fu Ji’s colleague. The chapter ended with the target’s ally, Huo Shan, learning that Song Xu’s intelligence network had found Zhang Yu and wondering whether to abandon the hunt.

• Zhang Yu received his agency fee, arranged a Spirit Realm session with Yu Xinghan, and discussed the planned hunt and Bai Zhenzhen’s possible Ritual with Fu Ji.
• Zhang Yu explained the Evil Gods and the Ritual to Bai Zhenzhen, who chose to risk making a contract so she could raise her potential and reach the top ten.
• Fu Ji told Bai Zhenzhen that they first needed to hunt another Evil God before he could raise her potential.
• After Zhang Yu and Yu Xinghan returned from the Spirit Realm, Li Quan reported intelligence about Zhang Yu to Huo Shan.
• Huo Shan learned that the intelligence had passed through three layers of Puppet Machines and considered giving up the hunt because he preferred an easy life.